AXA Investment Managers has named a new UK head of its €76bn real assets business, which invests in property and infrastructure, hiring an executive from a big Australian real estate firm.

Justin Travlos will become AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets’ UK head of asset management on June 18, and from the start of 2019 will also be the firm’s country head for the UK. He will report to Nathalie Charles, the business’s head of development and European country teams.